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Recorded mostly in March 2013 at an apartment on a busy street in Shanghai. Songs partly in English and partly in Chinese; hopefully in the correct ratio as to not alienate anyone. Released on Metal Postcard Records, based in the Hong Kong SAR. I hope that you want to get in touch, please do so by sending an email to zhabolong@gmail.com

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released May 11, 2013

Written, performed and recorded by Adam McRae
Lyrics and backing vox on 'Illusion' by Lu Yun
'Cat Food' written by Pairs
Mastered by Frank at the Carvery (London)

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i'm 26 years old right now and tired of these old pricks letting me down
well, i'll just have to get used to it somehow
but I thought you had the will to make a change
i thought you had the mind to want to make things better
but you're just wrapped up in your game

so what's the point of you, what do you do?
turn down ideas that i give to you
well, a camel is a horse designed by committee
now i know that's really true
so what's the point of you, why are you here?
pissing the same wind year after year
well, a camel is a horse designed by committee
now i know that's really true

you're in a position now to do a little, little good
you're in a position now to do a little, little good
you're in a position now to do a little, little good

Track Name: Gao Su Tie Lu (高速铁路)

ticket in hand, 她拿身份证
happy to know that we'll never see the airport again
提前来二三十分钟
到那儿看哪条线新开通

高姐说盒饭要四十五块
magazines full of items we wont buy

i wonder how it would have sold
in a land with less control
connected like the new from old
a billion pieces of the whole

Track Name: Dao Shi Hou (到时候)

mind and brain

我不要去你的山寨医院
我不要去你的山寨咨询公司
and I could go on and on
快到时候，我准备走
半年后
听不到你的空话
半年后

on and on and on and on

快到时候，我准备走
半年后
听不到你的空话
半年后
限制超过
半年后

Track Name: Xiao Di Fang (小地方)

不是钱的问题，朋友
我估计你的想法有错
但我的样本量太少

you are representing more than just yourself, you know
and i can only do a thousand thankless tasks for you
and i would turn you down if i worked at the embassy
and all your former coworkers are not going to help you now
as you get uglier
from the poison that you drink
that the insurance card pays for
that your company gave you
that they assumed you'd use in a responsible way

you are representing more than just yourself, you know
and i can only do a thousand thankless tasks for you
and i would turn you down if i worked at the embassy
and all your former coworkers are not going to help you now
as you get uglier
from the poison that you drink
that the insurance card pays for
that your company gave you
that they assumed you'd use in a responsible way

身份证
now you always know where I am
the picture's not so great but i don't care

Track Name: Kong Jian Zhan (空间站)

十九八七六五四三二一点火
宇航员选美比赛
我在地上等你回来

我看到你在CCTV1
天宫

空间站

Track Name: Shanghai Winter Sort of Love Song (上海冬天)

i like to say i'm doing something useful
but we all know that's a lie
they don't fight, all they do is argue
and we've been told that's just the way it is
but i've found it doesn't really matter
and all my friends write all the magazines
and it all looks really good on paper
and later on it will go on my cv